New wave is a genre of rock music popular from the late 70s to the mid-80s with ties to 70s punk rock. New wave moved away from blues and rock and roll sounds to create pop music that incorporated disco, mod, and electronic music.

Subgenres and fusion genres such as the original synthwave or dark wave are allowed.

Vaporwave and its spinoffs are not fusion genres of new wave. Try Laborwave or Synthwave instead.